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Bill	High-Speed Rail Authority: high-speed train operation.	Existing law creates the High-Speed Rail Authority with specified powers and duties relative to the development and implementation of a high-speed train system. Existing law, pursuant to the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century, approved by the voters as Proposition 1A at the November 4, 2008, statewide general election, provides for the issuance of $9.95 billion for high-speed train capital projects and other associated purposes. The bond act requires the authority to expend the proceeds of the bond act pursuant to certain planning and reporting requirements, which require the authority to approve that the corridor or usable segment would be suitable and ready for high-speed train operations.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1889	California AB 1889 (20152016)	bill	High-Speed Rail Authority: high-speed train operation.	enacted	Mullin	9	29	8	2016-02-11	2016-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/739f907c-97be-4fb5-9a53-e92d5034df1b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1889	7db22766aa99f71ea8e8b50fb09788d59f85a419f00d8bd769b94ad74117ec7c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1889 (20152016) — High-Speed Rail Authority: high-speed train operation.

Existing law creates the High-Speed Rail Authority with specified powers and duties relative to the development and implementation of a high-speed train system. Existing law, pursuant to the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century, approved by the voters as Proposition 1A at the November 4, 2008, statewide general election, provides for the issuance of $9.95 billion for high-speed train capital projects and other associated purposes. The bond act requires the authority to expend the proceeds of the bond act pursuant to certain planning and reporting requirements, which require the authority to approve that the corridor or usable segment would be suitable and ready for high-speed train operations.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/11/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/17/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/21/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/01/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/15/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/19/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/28/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB1889 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/02/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 10–5 (pass) · lower
• AB 1889 MULLIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 48–30 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–4 (pass) · upper
• AB 1889 MULLIN Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1889 Mullin By Galgiani — 25–12 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mullin — primary (person)
• Beall — coauthor (person)
• Bloom — coauthor (person)
• Calderon — coauthor (person)
• Chiu — coauthor (person)
• Galgiani — coauthor (person)
• Hill — coauthor (person)
• Leno — coauthor (person)
• Mendoza — coauthor (person)
• Nazarian — coauthor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2016-02-11 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2016-02-12 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
• 2016-03-17 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2016-03-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2016-04-27 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4689.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-05-12 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2016-06-13 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2016-06-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 4.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-01 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 5414.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2016-08-29 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2016-08-30 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6469.)
• 2016-08-31 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (August 31). committee-passage
• 2016-08-31 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6544.)
• 2016-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 48. Noes 30. Page 6580.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2016-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 744, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/739f907c-97be-4fb5-9a53-e92d5034df1b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).